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Destination Marker #16 - Convention Center
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Destination Marker #16 - Convention Center

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ust across the street from this site stood the former City Hall, which shared its building with an illegal gambling den and a speakeasy, even though the city and county jails stood in the alley just behind it. Opened as the Myriad Convention Center in 1972, this was the first public building completed under the Pei Plan for rebuilding the central city. The building has welcomed Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton as well as the Rev. Billy Graham, Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones.